Coach of Roma Jose Mourinho was in the news over comments he made regarding the international future of the top striker in his teamTammy Abraham before last weekend game.

per quotes made available to OwnGoalNigeria.com says he is working on making the forward a feared striker who can be of use to the senior national team of England for the good of the team of Gareth Southgate.

He however suggested that if he doesn’t get a look in then he should consider switching nationality to Nigeria. An option he had in 2017 but decided to pledge his international future to England after rising through their youth ranks.

“I am trying to create a monster of a forward for Southgate. Unless he doesn’t have proper eyes. Then I would suggest Tammy Abraham switch countries. He deserves more caps under his name”, he was quoted to have said

Checks done on the quotes by our editorial team failed to establish any strong source with same news as no top news outlet in Italy published it.

Although not taking anything away from the quotes as we are still trying to establish the authenticity. It’s worthy to note that we had to fact check in order to protect our credibility in the event that the quote attributed to the coach ends up untrue.

Nigeria international striker Moses Simon once again showed his usefulness to the course of Nantes this season by picking up two assists to power them to a 4-1 win over Angers.

Voted the player of the month by fans of the team with three assists before yesterday’s game , he solidify his fine start with two more in the win against Angers  to take his tally to five in six games.

It means among all top leagues in Europe only Manchester United super star Paul Pogba has more assists than the 26 year old who operates mainly as a right or left winger with the French star having two more than the Nigerian.

Coach of Nantes Antoine Kombouare was full of praise for the Nigerian who was brought out in the 66th minute to a rousing applause from fans of the team as he continue to build his way to full fitness following a hamstring complain.

” You don’t get to see a player who give more to the team than for himself. Simon plays for the good of the team and it’s why he is very key to the way we play. He is very important to our plans for the season”, the coach said .

The international future of Saleritana new signing Simy Nwankwo has been thrown into further doubts by the coach of the Nigerian team Gernot Rohr.

Rohr handed Simy his international debut and even a spot in Nigeria’s World Cup squad for the 2018 World Cup. He made just one appearance at the tournament but was subsequently frozen out of the team.

His decision to remain with relegated Crotone played a huge role in the decision of the coach to leave him out of the squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. He returned with a bang last season scoring 20 goals in the Serie A for Crotone who were once again relegated.

The feat earned him a re-call up to the Super Eagles for the back to back friendly game against Cameroon but he couldn’t honour the chance due to travel restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Rohr didn’t consider him for the squad for the start of the World Cup Qualifiers and he has also hinted that he could be out of the team for a while unless one of the strikers ahead of him drops out of reckoning.

“Simy is another player at the center of our scouting, but in the Nigeria squad we have many high profile strikers. There is a great competition in the role of center forward and it will not be easy for him to carve out space. In any case, I take advantage of it. to send a big good luck for this season to Osimhen with Napoli and Simy with Salernitana”, he said.

Super Eagles defender Chidozie Awaziem made his debut for Alanyaspor after joining them on a season-long loan from the Portuguese side Boavista. Chidozie was off to a dream start as he scored on his debut with a powerful header.

Many Betway soccer betting fans don’t put their money on defenders scoring goals, but this loanee could have them rethinking their strategy! Chidozie, 24, only needed eight minutes to get to the score sheet with a goal that decided the game.

After his loan move, his coach, Bülent Korkmaz, put him straight in the starting lineup, showing his confidence in him. He lined up alongside Juan Fran, Nemanja Milunovic and Cristian Borja in defence. The team was hoping to go back to winning ways after losing to Altay and Hatayspor.

Wasted Chances 

The hosts wasted many chances and were made to rue for their wastefulness in front of the goal. Emre Akbaba hit a superb free-kick that the defender headed past goalkeeper Onurcan Piri.

Giresunspor stepped it up in the second half. Nevertheless, they couldn’t score an equalizer and were forced to return home with their heads bowed. Awaziem played the entire game while Senegal’s Famara Diedhiou started but had to make way for fellow citizen KHouma Babacar 15 minutes before the final whistle.

Additionally, Angola’s Wilson Eduardo came in for Daniel Candeias in the 56th minute, while El Mami Tetah did take part in the game at all.

In the visitor’s team, Fousseni Diabate of Mali played the entire game while Senegal’s Souleymane Doukara made way for fellow countryman Ibrahima Balde in the 68th minute. Also, in the second half, Joey Pelupessy came out for Mali’s Hamidou Traore. Senegal’s Younousse Sankhare and Mamadou Diarra did not take part in the game.

The President Is Optimistic

After the match, Alanyaspor’s president Hasan Cavusoglu stated that he believed Awaziem was capable of helping the squad. The president revealed how the defender had left the Nigerian game and arrived in Alanya the previous night.
Moreover, he claimed that Alanyaspor is a very good team and their new manager will help them return to the good old days. On the other hand, he acknowledged that they had already lost two games despite still being in the league.

The president believes that Awaziem, the technical team and the Alanyaspor community will work together to take the club back to where it belongs. Sports bettors on Betway will be hoping that the president and the team live up to their promises.

What Next?

The team will now be hoping to build on this positive result when they face Galatasaray in their next match scheduled for September 19th. On the other hand, their opponents, Giresunspor, who have not won any of their last seven games in all competitions, will be looking for a more positive result when they take on Konyaspor.

Both teams will be hoping to pick valuable lessons from their performance and improve in the next matches and build their momentum from there.

Watford forward Emmanuel Dennis is pushing for a recall to the senior national team of Nigeria with yet again another goal for Watford as they cruise to a 3-1 win over Norwich City in the English Premier League.

The forward who has fallen out of favour with the coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Gernot Rohr put himself in frame for another chance with his second goal of the season in the 17th minute.

His goal which was his second in five games this season since his summer switch catapulted his side to a healthy win with a brace by Ismaila Sarr in the 63rd and 80th minute respectively.

As reported by OwnGoalNigeria.com, the 23 year old is a victim of the act of poor condut during one of the games for the senior national team of Nigeria last year. An act which has kept him out of the team since then.

However if he keeps scoring, the German coach will be left with no choice but to hand a recall to the forward for the upcoming back to back 2022 World Cup Qualifiers games against Central Africa Republic (CAR).

Mark Clattenburg has taken another swipe at former Super Eagles captain John Obi Mikel over an alleged accusation which happened in 2012 during Chelsea’s 2-3 loss to Manchester United in the English Premier League.

Mikel confronted the referee alleging that he racially insulted him during the game. An abuse he claimed he was told by his teammate Ramirez who was the only one to have claimed he heard the insults.

Clattenburg was later cleared by the FA with Mikel subsequently charged for misconduct, fined £60,000 in addition to a three match ban. The police also dropped their inquiry into the case due to lack of sufficient evidence against the person of Clattenburg.

In March, Clattenburg who left his role as a premier League referee to pick up the job of head of referees in Saudi Arabia said Mikel is yet to apologize over the incident. Yesterday he once again spoke about the pains he felt from the same incident which almost ruined his career as a referee.

“To be accused of something that you haven’t done is really difficult to deal with,” Clattenburg said.

“To be found guilty of something before you’d even had the chance to speak is really difficult to deal with because I’ve always believed that you should be innocent until proven guilty.

“However that wasn’t the case and I didn’t want to come back and referee at that point because unfortunately I fell out of love with the game.

“But I had a mortgage to pay, a family to look after, and therefore I had to go back to refereeing. I was lucky that over the years I fell back in love with football and it made me achieve what I actually did.”

Highly respected former Italy and Lazio striker Beppe Signori has joined the number of high profile names singing the praises of Napoli Nigerian striker Victor Osimhen after his brace in their 2-2 draw against Leicester City in the Europa League.

The forward earned his side a point with two well taken brace which powered them to recovering from a two goal deficit away at the English Premier League side on Thursday.

Speaking to Tuttomercatoweb, Signori was full of praise for the Napoli record buy describing him as a player with strength, technique, elevation and speed despite the fact that he is still developing in his role as a striker.

“He has everything: technique, strength, elevation, speed and power. He is a player who is still young, he has room for improvement and I think he has shown a part of what he can do”, the ex striker said.

When asked who the striker reminds him off , he compared him to legendary Cote d’Ivoire forward Didier Drogba pointing out the similarities in their physique and technique: “I will say Drogba. They are very similar physically and technically.”

Almeria Nigerian striker Sadiq Umar was the hero as they got back to winning ways with a comprehensive 4-0 win over Alcorcon to move up to second in the Spanish second division standing.

After the disappointment of losing 0-1 away to Ponferradina last weekend, they went off the block quickly against their host with Sadiq running the show with the swagger that made him their top scorer last season.

The 24 year old scored in the 5th and 16th minute respectively to earn his team a comfortable two goal lead before he was presented with the chance of making it a hattrick from the spot.

His effort came off the woodwork before bouncing off goalkepper Dani Jimenez into the net for the third goal of the game in the 37th minute. It was credited as an own goal by the league goal panel denying Sadiq a hattrick.

Nonetheless he now has four goals from the first six games of the season keeping him on course to match or surpass his last season tally of 20 goals and possibly another call up to the senior national team of Nigeria.

He has been called up twice by coach Gernot Rohr but on both occasions he didn’t honour the invite due to club commitments. His fine start to the season will no doubt keep him in the frame for another call up in the nearest future.

Coach of Roma Jose Mourinho says Tammy Abraham should consider a switch of nationality if he keeps up his fine form but doesn’t get a call up to the England national team.

The 23 year old has improved tremendously since making the switch to Roma with two goals, two assists in five games play so far. Roma are yet to lose a game this season with six wins in six games.

Mourinho per quotes made available to OwnGoalNigeria.com says he is working on making the forward a feared striker who can be of use to the senior national team of England for the good of the team of Gareth Southgate.

He however suggested that if he doesn’t get a look in then he should consider switching nationality to Nigeria. An option he had in 2017 but decided to pledge his international future to England after rising through their youth ranks.

“I am trying to create a monster of a forward for Southgate. Unless he doesn’t have proper eyes. Then I would suggest Tammy Abraham switch countries. He deserves more caps under his name”, he was quoted to have said.

One thing the former Chelsea coach didn’t take into consideration before making his statement is that despite the new change in nationality switch by FIFA, the forward is still ineligible to represent Nigeria.

Former Chelsea defender Fikayo Tomori says he is proud of his Nigerian heritage despite the fact that he is yet to play for Nigeria at any level since the start of his career.

Now at AC Milan where he is earning rave reviews, the 23 year old started his international career with Canada before switching allegiance to England where he went on to play for their senior team.

Since playing for England in 2019, he is yet to get another call up but many are of the opinion that his fine form for AC Milan where they have conceded just once in three games will open the door for him to make a comeback to the English senior team.

It appears like Tomori is already weighing up his option of switching nationality if he fails to make the cut with the English side with the World Cup 2022 drawing near.  He spoke glowingly about his Nigerian roots in an interview with DAZN.

Approached by Nigeria before his only game for England in 2019, he said he feels very Nigerian base on how he was brought up. Checks by OwnGoalNigeria.comcan however confirm that his chances of switching allegiance to Nigeria looks thin if not impossible despite the new rules by FIFA.

Below is extract from the interview:

On his name: “It is of Nigerian derivation. My first name means ‘God has filled me with joy’. It is a phrase: in Nigeria, parents often choose a phrase that gives the child a name.”

On his nationality: “I feel very Nigerian. When I was little my parents spoke to me in Youruba, the ethnic group I belonged to. My favourite food is Jollof rice, a kind of rice stew; I don’t know how to describe it, but it is a very tasty dish, very African, very strong.”

On moving to Canada: “When my mother was 22-23, my father moved to England and my mom took a trip to Canada to see a friend; my father visited her, they were already together by that point and I was born. I moved to England as a child, even though I returned to Canada every year; I have many family friends there: when I think of Canada, only good things come to mind.

On the national team: “At first I was playing for Canada. I played the first game in Mexico, then the following March against England in England; there were many of my team-mates and friends, including Aina and Rashford: we had played together on Saturday and then I challenged them with the national team, and we also won.”

On his friendship with Tammy Abraham of Roma: “I’m very happy for him. We talk almost every day. We started playing for Chelsea when I was 7 and then we got to the First Team: that’s where you want to go when you grow up , but you don’t know if it will ever happen. I remember when I scored the first goal and he scored a hat-trick: it was the best day of our life.